Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located today mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic. The area is predominantly known for its heavy industry.- Region with about 5,260,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 320 metres (1,060 feet)
- Description: part of the historical region of Silesia in Poland and Czechia
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Nicholas church in Mikołów-Bujaków and Our Lady Queen of the Rosary church in Łaziska Górne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mikołów and Łaziska Górne.
Łaziska Górne
Łaziska Górne is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice.
Upper Silesia
- Category: historical region
- Location
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Latitude
50.1667° or 50° 10′ north
Longitude
18.8333° or 18° 50′ east
Open location code
9F2W5R8M+M8
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Upper Silesia” goes by many names.
سيليزيا العلياArabic
Վերին ՍիլեզիաArmenian
Yuxarı SileziyaAzerbaijani
Silesia GaraiaBasque
Верхняя СілезіяBelarusian
Верхняя СылезіяBelarusian
Горна СилезияBulgarian
Alta SilèsiaCatalan
上西利西亞Chinese
上西里西亚Chinese
上西里西亞Chinese
Yuqarı SileziyaCrimean Tatar
Gornja ŠleskaCroatian
Horní SlezskoCzech
OberschlesienDanish
Øvre SchlesienDanish
Boven-SileziëDutch
Opper-SileziëDutch
Supera SilezioEsperanto
Supra SilezioEsperanto
Ülem-SileesiaEstonian
Ylä-SleesiaFinnish
Άνω ΣιλεσίαGreek
שלזיה עיליתHebrew
Felső-SziléziaHungarian
Górny ŚląskHungarian
OberschlesienHungarian
Silesia HuluIndonesian
Alta SlesiaItalian
オーバーシュレージエンJapanese
オーバーシュレジェンJapanese
オーバーシュレジエンJapanese
オーバーシレジアJapanese
上シュレージエンJapanese
上シレジアJapanese
上シレジア地方Japanese
AugšsilēzijaLatvian
Aukštutinė SilezijaLithuanian
UewerschlesienLuxembourgish
Siōng SilesiaMin Nan Chinese
Øvre SchlesienNorwegian
Górny ŚląskNorwegian Bokmål
OberschlesienNorwegian Bokmål
Øvre SchlesienNorwegian Bokmål
Øvre SchlesienNorwegian Nynorsk
Nauta SilèsiaOccitan (post 1500)
Уæллаг СилезиOssetian
سیلزی علیاPersian
Górny ŚląskPolish
Śląsk GórnyPolish
ducatul Sileziei SuperioareRomanian
Silezia SuperioarăRomanian
Верхняя СилезияRussian
ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱞᱤᱞᱮᱥᱤᱭᱟSantali
Горња ШлескаSerbian
Gornja ŠleskaSerbo-Croatian
Górny ŚląskSilesian
Gōrny ŚlōnskSilesian
Gůrny ŚlůnskSilesian
Horné SliezskoSlovak
Gornja ŠlezijaSlovenian
OberschlesienSlovenian
Zgornja ŠlezijaSlovenian
Górny ŚląskSwedish
OberschlesienSwedish
Övre SchlesienSwedish
Yukarı SilezyaTurkish
Верхня СілезіяUkrainian
Hornja ŠleskaUpper Sorbian
اپر سلیسیاUrdu
بالائی سیلیزیاUrdu
Alta SlèziaVenetian
Upper SilesiaWelsh
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